Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . ?•S«! ? 1 Colorado ^ 4 Views of Spruce Tree House Cliff dwelling, Mancos Canyon, Mesa Verde,Photographs by John Wetherill Coronado 29 towns, ungilded and unadorned, were a cruel disappoint-ment. Yet in after years they were welcome places ofrefuge for many a trapper or hunter where he could obtainfood and shelter, without price if necessary. Hospitalitywas a part of the Amerindian ritual destroyed only by theneglect or refusal of the whites
Frémont and '49 : the story of a remarkable career and its relation to the exploration and development of our western territory, especially of California . ?•S«! ? 1 Colorado ^ 4 Views of Spruce Tree House Cliff dwelling, Mancos Canyon, Mesa Verde,Photographs by John Wetherill Coronado 29 towns, ungilded and unadorned, were a cruel disappoint-ment. Yet in after years they were welcome places ofrefuge for many a trapper or hunter where he could obtainfood and shelter, without price if necessary. Hospitalitywas a part of the Amerindian ritual destroyed only by theneglect or refusal of the whites to reciprocate. The Pueblo-ans had plenty of maize, watermelons, beans, squash, etc.,and, after the coming of the Spaniards, sheep and horses. It was as early as 1540 that Coronado and his army broketheir way through from Mexico and made headquarters atTiguex, ^ after a long siege of the place. From Tiguex thecountry was examined and Coronado himself travelled east-ward almost to the present site of Kansas City. Within ahalf century others followed to New Mexico and before1680 numbers of Spaniards were living in the Rio Grandevalley, and the
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